Bodelwyddan (St. Margaret) Churchyard, Wales

In 1919, at the end of the Great War, Kinmel Park, near Rhyl, Wales, served as a demobilization camp for Canadian soldiers. There are 84 Canadians buried in the Churchyard of St. Margaret's, known locally as The Marble Church. Eighty of the men died of the Spanish Influenza that swept through the UK, Europe and North America in 1918 and 1919. The 4 other Canadians were victims of a riot that occurred at Kinmel Park at the beginning of March 1919.

The photographs on this page were taken by, and are copyright, Les Broad, a nearby resident and owner of Deunant Books, a rural North Wales electronic book publisher.

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The Marble Church		Looking past the churchyard to the hills of North Wales


The Canadian Graves		The graves of Private McInnes and Private Cairncross


The Canadian Monument		The Inscription on the Monument: "To the Memory of Canadian Soldiers who died at Kinmel Park Camp during the Great War. This Memorial was erected by their Comrads." "Their Name Liveth Evermore"


Grave of Private Gillan		The Inscription on the Tombstone of Private Gillan In Proud Memory of No. 877467 Private David Gillan, aged 22 years, of Florence, Cape Breton, Canada, who was killed at Kinmel Park on March 5th, Defending the Honor of his Country.


Grave of Private W. Wilkinson